[v4,1/2] check-uapi: Introduce check-uapi.sh

Message ID 20230327174140.8169-2-quic_johmoo@quicinc.com
State New
Headers
Series Validating UAPI backwards compatibility |

Commit Message

John Moon March 27, 2023, 5:41 p.m. UTC
  While the kernel community has been good at maintaining backwards
compatibility with kernel UAPIs, it would be helpful to have a tool
to check if a commit introduces changes that break backwards
compatibility.

To that end, introduce check-uapi.sh: a simple shell script that
checks for changes to UAPI headers using libabigail.

libabigail is "a framework which aims at helping developers and
software distributors to spot some ABI-related issues like interface
incompatibility in ELF shared libraries by performing a static
analysis of the ELF binaries at hand."

The script uses one of libabigail's tools, "abidiff", to compile the
changed header before and after the commit to detect any changes.

abidiff "compares the ABI of two shared libraries in ELF format. It
emits a meaningful report describing the differences between the two
ABIs."

The script also includes the ability to check the compatibility of
all UAPI headers across commits. This allows developers to inspect
the stability of the UAPIs over time.

Signed-off-by: John Moon <quic_johmoo@quicinc.com>
---
    - Refactored to exclusively check headers installed by make
      headers_install. This simplified the code dramatically and removed
      the need to perform complex git diffs.
    - Removed the "-m" flag. Since we're checking all installed headers
      every time, a flag to check only modified files didn't make sense.
    - Added info message when usr/include/Makefile is not present that
      it's likely because that file was only introduced in v5.3.
    - Changed default behavior of log file. Now, the script will not
      create a log file unless you pass "-l <file>".
    - Simplified exit handler.
    - Added -j $MAX_THREADS to make headers_install to improve speed.
    - Cleaned up variable references.

 scripts/check-uapi.sh | 488 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 488 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 scripts/check-uapi.sh

--
2.17.1
  

Comments

John Moon April 3, 2023, 7:53 p.m. UTC | #1
On 3/27/2023 10:41 AM, John Moon wrote:
> While the kernel community has been good at maintaining backwards
> compatibility with kernel UAPIs, it would be helpful to have a tool
> to check if a commit introduces changes that break backwards
> compatibility.
> 
> To that end, introduce check-uapi.sh: a simple shell script that
> checks for changes to UAPI headers using libabigail.
> 
> libabigail is "a framework which aims at helping developers and
> software distributors to spot some ABI-related issues like interface
> incompatibility in ELF shared libraries by performing a static
> analysis of the ELF binaries at hand."
> 
> The script uses one of libabigail's tools, "abidiff", to compile the
> changed header before and after the commit to detect any changes.
> 
> abidiff "compares the ABI of two shared libraries in ELF format. It
> emits a meaningful report describing the differences between the two
> ABIs."
> 
> The script also includes the ability to check the compatibility of
> all UAPI headers across commits. This allows developers to inspect
> the stability of the UAPIs over time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Moon <quic_johmoo@quicinc.com>
> ---
>      - Refactored to exclusively check headers installed by make
>        headers_install. This simplified the code dramatically and removed
>        the need to perform complex git diffs.
>      - Removed the "-m" flag. Since we're checking all installed headers
>        every time, a flag to check only modified files didn't make sense.
>      - Added info message when usr/include/Makefile is not present that
>        it's likely because that file was only introduced in v5.3.
>      - Changed default behavior of log file. Now, the script will not
>        create a log file unless you pass "-l <file>".
>      - Simplified exit handler.
>      - Added -j $MAX_THREADS to make headers_install to improve speed.
>      - Cleaned up variable references.


Hi Masahiro, just a friendly reminder about this patch. I believe we've 
addressed all of your comments from previous reviews and we're looking 
forward to your feedback on this version.

Thanks so much!

- John
  
Masahiro Yamada April 7, 2023, 7:19 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 2:42 AM John Moon <quic_johmoo@quicinc.com> wrote:
>
> While the kernel community has been good at maintaining backwards
> compatibility with kernel UAPIs, it would be helpful to have a tool
> to check if a commit introduces changes that break backwards
> compatibility.
>
> To that end, introduce check-uapi.sh: a simple shell script that
> checks for changes to UAPI headers using libabigail.
>
> libabigail is "a framework which aims at helping developers and
> software distributors to spot some ABI-related issues like interface
> incompatibility in ELF shared libraries by performing a static
> analysis of the ELF binaries at hand."
>
> The script uses one of libabigail's tools, "abidiff", to compile the
> changed header before and after the commit to detect any changes.
>
> abidiff "compares the ABI of two shared libraries in ELF format. It
> emits a meaningful report describing the differences between the two
> ABIs."
>
> The script also includes the ability to check the compatibility of
> all UAPI headers across commits. This allows developers to inspect
> the stability of the UAPIs over time.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Moon <quic_johmoo@quicinc.com>
> ---
>     - Refactored to exclusively check headers installed by make
>       headers_install. This simplified the code dramatically and removed
>       the need to perform complex git diffs.
>     - Removed the "-m" flag. Since we're checking all installed headers
>       every time, a flag to check only modified files didn't make sense.
>     - Added info message when usr/include/Makefile is not present that
>       it's likely because that file was only introduced in v5.3.
>     - Changed default behavior of log file. Now, the script will not
>       create a log file unless you pass "-l <file>".
>     - Simplified exit handler.
>     - Added -j $MAX_THREADS to make headers_install to improve speed.
>     - Cleaned up variable references.
>
>  scripts/check-uapi.sh | 488 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 488 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100755 scripts/check-uapi.sh
>

> +
> +# Save the current git tree state, stashing if needed
> +save_tree_state() {
> +       printf "Saving current tree state... "
> +       current_ref="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
> +       readonly current_ref
> +       if tree_is_dirty; then
> +               unstash="true"
> +               git stash push --quiet
> +       fi
> +       printf "OK\n"
> +}
> +
> +# Restore the git tree state, unstashing if needed
> +restore_tree_state() {
> +       if [ -z "$current_ref" ]; then
> +               return 0
> +       fi
> +
> +       printf "Restoring current tree state... "
> +       git checkout --quiet "$current_ref"


This does not restore the original state.

I was on a branch before running this script.
After everything is finished, I am on a detached commit
because $current_ref is not a branch.






> +       if ! do_compile "$(get_header_tree "$past_ref")/include" "$past_header" "${past_header}.bin" 2> "$log"; then
> +               eprintf "error - couldn't compile version of UAPI header %s at %s\n" "$file" "$past_ref"
> +               cat "$log" >&2
> +               exit "$FAIL_COMPILE"
> +       fi
> +
> +       "$ABIDIFF" --non-reachable-types "${past_header}.bin" "${base_header}.bin" > "$log" && ret="$?" || ret="$?"


[bikeshed] I might want to write like this:

   ret=0
   "$ABIDIFF" --non-reachable-types "${past_header}.bin"
"${base_header}.bin" > "$log" || ret="$?"







> +
> +
> +       if [ "$quiet" = "true" ]; then
> +               run "$base_ref" "$past_ref" "$abi_error_log" "$@" > /dev/null
> +       else
> +               run "$base_ref" "$past_ref" "$abi_error_log" "$@"
> +       fi



    if [ "$quiet" = "true" ]; then
            exec > /dev/null
    fi

    run "$base_ref" "$past_ref" "$abi_error_log" "$@"



is more elegant because this is the last line of main()
and exit_handler() does not print anything.
  
Masahiro Yamada April 7, 2023, 7:27 p.m. UTC | #3
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 2:42 AM John Moon <quic_johmoo@quicinc.com> wrote:
>
> While the kernel community has been good at maintaining backwards
> compatibility with kernel UAPIs, it would be helpful to have a tool
> to check if a commit introduces changes that break backwards
> compatibility.
>
> To that end, introduce check-uapi.sh: a simple shell script that
> checks for changes to UAPI headers using libabigail.
>
> libabigail is "a framework which aims at helping developers and
> software distributors to spot some ABI-related issues like interface
> incompatibility in ELF shared libraries by performing a static
> analysis of the ELF binaries at hand."
>
> The script uses one of libabigail's tools, "abidiff", to compile the
> changed header before and after the commit to detect any changes.
>
> abidiff "compares the ABI of two shared libraries in ELF format. It
> emits a meaningful report describing the differences between the two
> ABIs."
>
> The script also includes the ability to check the compatibility of
> all UAPI headers across commits. This allows developers to inspect
> the stability of the UAPIs over time.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Moon <quic_johmoo@quicinc.com>
> ---
>     - Refactored to exclusively check headers installed by make
>       headers_install. This simplified the code dramatically and removed
>       the need to perform complex git diffs.
>     - Removed the "-m" flag. Since we're checking all installed headers
>       every time, a flag to check only modified files didn't make sense.
>     - Added info message when usr/include/Makefile is not present that
>       it's likely because that file was only introduced in v5.3.
>     - Changed default behavior of log file. Now, the script will not
>       create a log file unless you pass "-l <file>".
>     - Simplified exit handler.
>     - Added -j $MAX_THREADS to make headers_install to improve speed.
>     - Cleaned up variable references.
>
>  scripts/check-uapi.sh | 488 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 488 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100755 scripts/check-uapi.sh
>

> +
> +# Install headers for both git refs
> +install_headers() {
> +       local -r base_ref="$1"
> +       local -r past_ref="$2"
> +
> +       DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE="false"
> +       for ref in "$base_ref" "$past_ref"; do
> +               if [ -n "$ref" ]; then
> +                       if [ "$DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE" = "false" ]; then
> +                               save_tree_state
> +                               DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE="true"
> +                       fi
> +                       # This script ($0) is already loaded into memory at this point,
> +                       # so this operation is safe
> +                       git checkout --quiet "$(git rev-parse "$ref")"
> +               fi
> +
> +               printf "Installing sanitized UAPI headers from %s... " "${ref:-dirty tree}"
> +               make -j "$MAX_THREADS" ARCH="$ARCH" INSTALL_HDR_PATH="${TMP_DIR}/${ref}/usr" headers_install > /dev/null 2>&1


You suppressed stderr.

If 'make headers_install' fails, users see a sudden death
with no clue.
  
John Moon April 7, 2023, 8:08 p.m. UTC | #4
On 4/7/2023 12:19 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 2:42 AM John Moon <quic_johmoo@quicinc.com> wrote:
>>
>> While the kernel community has been good at maintaining backwards
>> compatibility with kernel UAPIs, it would be helpful to have a tool
>> to check if a commit introduces changes that break backwards
>> compatibility.
>>
>> To that end, introduce check-uapi.sh: a simple shell script that
>> checks for changes to UAPI headers using libabigail.
>>
>> libabigail is "a framework which aims at helping developers and
>> software distributors to spot some ABI-related issues like interface
>> incompatibility in ELF shared libraries by performing a static
>> analysis of the ELF binaries at hand."
>>
>> The script uses one of libabigail's tools, "abidiff", to compile the
>> changed header before and after the commit to detect any changes.
>>
>> abidiff "compares the ABI of two shared libraries in ELF format. It
>> emits a meaningful report describing the differences between the two
>> ABIs."
>>
>> The script also includes the ability to check the compatibility of
>> all UAPI headers across commits. This allows developers to inspect
>> the stability of the UAPIs over time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: John Moon <quic_johmoo@quicinc.com>
>> ---
>>      - Refactored to exclusively check headers installed by make
>>        headers_install. This simplified the code dramatically and removed
>>        the need to perform complex git diffs.
>>      - Removed the "-m" flag. Since we're checking all installed headers
>>        every time, a flag to check only modified files didn't make sense.
>>      - Added info message when usr/include/Makefile is not present that
>>        it's likely because that file was only introduced in v5.3.
>>      - Changed default behavior of log file. Now, the script will not
>>        create a log file unless you pass "-l <file>".
>>      - Simplified exit handler.
>>      - Added -j $MAX_THREADS to make headers_install to improve speed.
>>      - Cleaned up variable references.
>>
>>   scripts/check-uapi.sh | 488 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 488 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100755 scripts/check-uapi.sh
>>
> 
>> +
>> +# Save the current git tree state, stashing if needed
>> +save_tree_state() {
>> +       printf "Saving current tree state... "
>> +       current_ref="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
>> +       readonly current_ref
>> +       if tree_is_dirty; then
>> +               unstash="true"
>> +               git stash push --quiet
>> +       fi
>> +       printf "OK\n"
>> +}
>> +
>> +# Restore the git tree state, unstashing if needed
>> +restore_tree_state() {
>> +       if [ -z "$current_ref" ]; then
>> +               return 0
>> +       fi
>> +
>> +       printf "Restoring current tree state... "
>> +       git checkout --quiet "$current_ref"
> 
> 
> This does not restore the original state.
> 
> I was on a branch before running this script.
> After everything is finished, I am on a detached commit
> because $current_ref is not a branch.
> 
> 

Good point. I think doing this should address:

current_ref="$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD 2> /dev/null || git rev 
parse HEAD)"

Will fix in v5.

> 
> 
>> +       if ! do_compile "$(get_header_tree "$past_ref")/include" "$past_header" "${past_header}.bin" 2> "$log"; then
>> +               eprintf "error - couldn't compile version of UAPI header %s at %s\n" "$file" "$past_ref"
>> +               cat "$log" >&2
>> +               exit "$FAIL_COMPILE"
>> +       fi
>> +
>> +       "$ABIDIFF" --non-reachable-types "${past_header}.bin" "${base_header}.bin" > "$log" && ret="$?" || ret="$?"
> 
> 
> [bikeshed] I might want to write like this:
> 
>     ret=0
>     "$ABIDIFF" --non-reachable-types "${past_header}.bin"
> "${base_header}.bin" > "$log" || ret="$?"
> 
> 
> 

Sure, will do.

> 
> 
> 
> 
>> +
>> +
>> +       if [ "$quiet" = "true" ]; then
>> +               run "$base_ref" "$past_ref" "$abi_error_log" "$@" > /dev/null
>> +       else
>> +               run "$base_ref" "$past_ref" "$abi_error_log" "$@"
>> +       fi
> 
> 
> 
>      if [ "$quiet" = "true" ]; then
>              exec > /dev/null
>      fi
> 
>      run "$base_ref" "$past_ref" "$abi_error_log" "$@"
> 
> 
> 
> is more elegant because this is the last line of main()
> and exit_handler() does not print anything.
> 
> 
> 

Agreed, will do.

> 
> 
>
  
John Moon April 7, 2023, 8:09 p.m. UTC | #5
On 4/7/2023 12:27 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 2:42 AM John Moon <quic_johmoo@quicinc.com> wrote:
>>
>> While the kernel community has been good at maintaining backwards
>> compatibility with kernel UAPIs, it would be helpful to have a tool
>> to check if a commit introduces changes that break backwards
>> compatibility.
>>
>> To that end, introduce check-uapi.sh: a simple shell script that
>> checks for changes to UAPI headers using libabigail.
>>
>> libabigail is "a framework which aims at helping developers and
>> software distributors to spot some ABI-related issues like interface
>> incompatibility in ELF shared libraries by performing a static
>> analysis of the ELF binaries at hand."
>>
>> The script uses one of libabigail's tools, "abidiff", to compile the
>> changed header before and after the commit to detect any changes.
>>
>> abidiff "compares the ABI of two shared libraries in ELF format. It
>> emits a meaningful report describing the differences between the two
>> ABIs."
>>
>> The script also includes the ability to check the compatibility of
>> all UAPI headers across commits. This allows developers to inspect
>> the stability of the UAPIs over time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: John Moon <quic_johmoo@quicinc.com>
>> ---
>>      - Refactored to exclusively check headers installed by make
>>        headers_install. This simplified the code dramatically and removed
>>        the need to perform complex git diffs.
>>      - Removed the "-m" flag. Since we're checking all installed headers
>>        every time, a flag to check only modified files didn't make sense.
>>      - Added info message when usr/include/Makefile is not present that
>>        it's likely because that file was only introduced in v5.3.
>>      - Changed default behavior of log file. Now, the script will not
>>        create a log file unless you pass "-l <file>".
>>      - Simplified exit handler.
>>      - Added -j $MAX_THREADS to make headers_install to improve speed.
>>      - Cleaned up variable references.
>>
>>   scripts/check-uapi.sh | 488 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 488 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100755 scripts/check-uapi.sh
>>
> 
>> +
>> +# Install headers for both git refs
>> +install_headers() {
>> +       local -r base_ref="$1"
>> +       local -r past_ref="$2"
>> +
>> +       DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE="false"
>> +       for ref in "$base_ref" "$past_ref"; do
>> +               if [ -n "$ref" ]; then
>> +                       if [ "$DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE" = "false" ]; then
>> +                               save_tree_state
>> +                               DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE="true"
>> +                       fi
>> +                       # This script ($0) is already loaded into memory at this point,
>> +                       # so this operation is safe
>> +                       git checkout --quiet "$(git rev-parse "$ref")"
>> +               fi
>> +
>> +               printf "Installing sanitized UAPI headers from %s... " "${ref:-dirty tree}"
>> +               make -j "$MAX_THREADS" ARCH="$ARCH" INSTALL_HDR_PATH="${TMP_DIR}/${ref}/usr" headers_install > /dev/null 2>&1
> 
> 
> You suppressed stderr.
> 
> If 'make headers_install' fails, users see a sudden death
> with no clue.
> 

Good point, will remove that suppression.
  

Patch

diff --git a/scripts/check-uapi.sh b/scripts/check-uapi.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..1dc50f67ac3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-uapi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,488 @@ 
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Script to check commits for UAPI backwards compatibility
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+print_usage() {
+	name=$(basename "$0")
+	cat << EOF
+$name - check for UAPI header stability across Git commits
+
+By default, the script will check to make sure the latest commit (or current
+dirty changes) did not introduce ABI changes when compared to HEAD^1. You can
+check against additional commit ranges with the -b and -p options.
+
+The script will not check UAPI headers for architectures other than the one
+defined in ARCH.
+
+Usage: $name [-b BASE_REF] [-p PAST_REF] [-j N] [-l ERROR_LOG] [-q] [-v]
+
+Options:
+    -b BASE_REF    Base git reference to use for comparison. If unspecified or empty,
+                   will use any dirty changes in tree to UAPI files. If there are no
+                   dirty changes, HEAD will be used.
+    -p PAST_REF    Compare BASE_REF to PAST_REF (e.g. -p v6.1). If unspecified or empty,
+                   will use BASE_REF^1. Must be an ancestor of BASE_REF. Only headers
+                   that exist on PAST_REF will be checked for compatibility.
+    -j JOBS        Number of checks to run in parallel (default: number of CPU cores).
+    -l ERROR_LOG   Write error log to file (default: no error log is generated).
+    -q             Quiet operation (suppress all stdout, still print stderr).
+    -v             Verbose operation (print more information about each header being checked).
+
+Environmental args:
+    ABIDIFF  Custom path to abidiff binary
+    CC       C compiler (default is "gcc")
+    ARCH     Target architecture of C compiler (default is host arch)
+
+Exit codes:
+    $SUCCESS) Success
+    $FAIL_ABI) ABI difference detected
+    $FAIL_PREREQ) Prerequisite not met
+    $FAIL_COMPILE) Compilation error
+EOF
+}
+
+readonly SUCCESS=0
+readonly FAIL_ABI=1
+readonly FAIL_PREREQ=2
+readonly FAIL_COMPILE=3
+
+# Print to stderr
+eprintf() {
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2059
+	printf "$@" >&2
+}
+
+# Check if git tree is dirty
+tree_is_dirty() {
+	if git diff --quiet; then
+		return 1
+	else
+		return 0
+	fi
+}
+
+# Get list of files installed in $ref
+get_file_list() {
+	local -r ref="$1"
+	local -r tree="$(get_header_tree "$ref")"
+
+	# Print all installed headers, filtering out ones that can't be compiled
+	find "$tree" -type f -name '*.h' -printf '%P\n' | grep -v -f "$INCOMPAT_LIST"
+}
+
+# Add to the list of incompatible headers
+add_to_incompat_list() {
+	local -r ref="$1"
+
+	# Start with the usr/include/Makefile to get a list of the headers
+	# that don't compile using this method.
+	if [ ! -f usr/include/Makefile ]; then
+		eprintf "error - no usr/include/Makefile present at %s\n" "$ref"
+		eprintf "Note: usr/include/Makefile was added in the v5.3 kernel release\n"
+		exit "$FAIL_PREREQ"
+	fi
+	{
+		# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+		printf 'all: ; @echo $(no-header-test)\n'
+		cat usr/include/Makefile
+	} | SRCARCH="$ARCH" make -f - | tr " " "\n" | grep -v "asm-generic" >> "$INCOMPAT_LIST"
+
+	# The makefile also skips all asm-generic files, but prints "asm-generic/%"
+	# which won't work for our grep match. Instead, print something grep will match.
+	printf "asm-generic/.*\.h\n" >> "$INCOMPAT_LIST"
+
+	sort -u -o "$INCOMPAT_LIST" "$INCOMPAT_LIST"
+}
+
+# Compile the simple test app
+do_compile() {
+	local -r inc_dir="$1"
+	local -r header="$2"
+	local -r out="$3"
+	printf "int main(void) { return 0; }\n" | \
+		"$CC" -c \
+		  -o "$out" \
+		  -x c \
+		  -O0 \
+		  -std=c90 \
+		  -fno-eliminate-unused-debug-types \
+		  -g \
+		  "-I${inc_dir}" \
+		  -include "$header" \
+		  -
+}
+
+# Save the current git tree state, stashing if needed
+save_tree_state() {
+	printf "Saving current tree state... "
+	current_ref="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+	readonly current_ref
+	if tree_is_dirty; then
+		unstash="true"
+		git stash push --quiet
+	fi
+	printf "OK\n"
+}
+
+# Restore the git tree state, unstashing if needed
+restore_tree_state() {
+	if [ -z "$current_ref" ]; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	printf "Restoring current tree state... "
+	git checkout --quiet "$current_ref"
+	if [ "$unstash" = "true" ]; then
+		git stash pop --quiet
+		unstash="false"
+	fi
+	printf "OK\n"
+}
+
+# Handle exit cleanup
+exit_handler() {
+	if [ "$DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE" = "true" ]; then
+		restore_tree_state
+	fi
+
+	rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"
+}
+
+# Install headers for both git refs
+install_headers() {
+	local -r base_ref="$1"
+	local -r past_ref="$2"
+
+	DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE="false"
+	for ref in "$base_ref" "$past_ref"; do
+		if [ -n "$ref" ]; then
+			if [ "$DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE" = "false" ]; then
+				save_tree_state
+				DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE="true"
+			fi
+			# This script ($0) is already loaded into memory at this point,
+			# so this operation is safe
+			git checkout --quiet "$(git rev-parse "$ref")"
+		fi
+
+		printf "Installing sanitized UAPI headers from %s... " "${ref:-dirty tree}"
+		make -j "$MAX_THREADS" ARCH="$ARCH" INSTALL_HDR_PATH="${TMP_DIR}/${ref}/usr" headers_install > /dev/null 2>&1
+		printf "OK\n"
+
+		# Add to list of incompatible headers while we have $ref checked out
+		add_to_incompat_list "$ref" "$INCOMPAT_LIST"
+	done
+
+	restore_tree_state
+	DEVIATED_FROM_CURRENT_TREE="false"
+}
+
+# Print the path to the headers_install tree for a given ref
+get_header_tree() {
+	local -r ref="$1"
+	printf "%s" "${TMP_DIR}/${ref}/usr"
+}
+
+# Check file list for UAPI compatibility
+check_uapi_files() {
+	local -r base_ref="$1"
+	local -r past_ref="$2"
+
+	local passed=0;
+	local failed=0;
+	local -a threads=()
+
+	printf "Checking changes to UAPI headers between %s and %s\n" "$past_ref" "${base_ref:-dirty tree}"
+	# Loop over all UAPI headers that were installed by $past_ref (if they only exist on $base_ref,
+	# there's no way they're broken and no way to compare anyway)
+	while read -r file; do
+		if [ "${#threads[@]}" -ge "$MAX_THREADS" ]; then
+			if wait "${threads[0]}"; then
+				passed=$((passed + 1))
+			else
+				failed=$((failed + 1))
+			fi
+			threads=("${threads[@]:1}")
+		fi
+
+		check_individual_file "$base_ref" "$past_ref" "$file" &
+		threads+=("$!")
+	done < <(get_file_list "$past_ref")
+
+	for t in "${threads[@]}"; do
+		if wait "$t"; then
+			passed=$((passed + 1))
+		else
+			failed=$((failed + 1))
+		fi
+	done
+
+	total="$((passed + failed))"
+	if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then
+		eprintf "error - %d/%d UAPI headers compatible with %s appear _not_ to be backwards compatible\n" "$failed" "$total" "$ARCH"
+	else
+		printf "All %d UAPI headers compatible with %s appear to be backwards compatible\n" "$total" "$ARCH"
+	fi
+
+	return "$failed"
+}
+
+# Check an individual file for UAPI compatibility
+check_individual_file() {
+	local -r base_ref="$1"
+	local -r past_ref="$2"
+	local -r file="$3"
+
+	local -r base_header="$(get_header_tree "$base_ref")/${file}"
+	local -r past_header="$(get_header_tree "$past_ref")/${file}"
+
+	if [ ! -f "$base_header" ]; then
+		printf "error - UAPI header %s was incorrectly removed\n" "$file" | tee "${base_header}.error" >&2
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	compare_abi "$file" "$base_header" "$past_header" "$base_ref" "$past_ref"
+}
+
+# Perform the A/B compilation and compare output ABI
+compare_abi() {
+	local -r file="$1"
+	local -r base_header="$2"
+	local -r past_header="$3"
+	local -r base_ref="$4"
+	local -r past_ref="$5"
+	local -r log="${TMP_DIR}/log/${file}.log"
+
+	mkdir -p "$(dirname "$log")"
+
+	if ! do_compile "$(get_header_tree "$base_ref")/include" "$base_header" "${base_header}.bin" 2> "$log"; then
+		eprintf "error - couldn't compile version of UAPI header %s at %s\n" "$file" "$base_ref"
+		cat "$log" >&2
+		exit "$FAIL_COMPILE"
+	fi
+
+	if ! do_compile "$(get_header_tree "$past_ref")/include" "$past_header" "${past_header}.bin" 2> "$log"; then
+		eprintf "error - couldn't compile version of UAPI header %s at %s\n" "$file" "$past_ref"
+		cat "$log" >&2
+		exit "$FAIL_COMPILE"
+	fi
+
+	"$ABIDIFF" --non-reachable-types "${past_header}.bin" "${base_header}.bin" > "$log" && ret="$?" || ret="$?"
+	if [ "$ret" -eq 0 ]; then
+		if [ "$VERBOSE" = "true" ]; then
+			printf "No ABI differences detected in %s from %s -> %s\n" "$file" "$past_ref" "${base_ref:-dirty tree}"
+		fi
+	else
+		# Bits in abidiff's return code can be used to determine the type of error
+		if [ $(("$ret" & 0x1)) -gt 0 ]; then
+			eprintf "error - abidiff did not run properly\n"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		# If the only changes were additions (not modifications to existing APIs), then
+		# there's no problem. Ignore these diffs.
+		if grep "Unreachable types summary" "$log" | grep -q "0 removed" &&
+		   grep "Unreachable types summary" "$log" | grep -q "0 changed"; then
+			return 0
+		fi
+		{
+			printf "!!! ABI differences detected in %s from %s -> %s !!!\n\n" "$file" "$past_ref" "${base_ref:-dirty tree}"
+			sed  -e '/summary:/d' -e '/changed type/d' -e '/^$/d' -e 's/^/  /g' "$log"
+
+			if ! cmp "$past_header" "$base_header" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+				printf "\nHeader file diff (after headers_install):\n"
+				diff -Naur "$past_header" "$base_header" \
+					| sed -e "s|${past_header}|${past_ref}/${file}|g" \
+					      -e "s|${base_header}|${base_ref:-dirty}/${file}|g"
+				printf "\n"
+			else
+				printf "\n%s did not change between %s and %s...\n" "$file" "$past_ref" "${base_ref:-dirty tree}"
+				printf "It's possible a change to one of the headers it includes caused this error:\n"
+				grep '^#include' "$base_header"
+				printf "\n"
+			fi
+		} | tee "${base_header}.error" >&2
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+min_version_is_satisfied() {
+	local -r min_version="$1"
+	local -r version_installed="$2"
+
+	printf "%s\n%s\n" "$min_version" "$version_installed" | sort -Vc > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+# Make sure we have the tools we need and the arguments make sense
+check_deps() {
+	ABIDIFF="${ABIDIFF:-abidiff}"
+	CC="${CC:-gcc}"
+	ARCH="${ARCH:-$(uname -m)}"
+	if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+		ARCH="x86"
+	fi
+
+	local -r abidiff_min_version="1.7"
+	local -r libdw_min_version_if_clang="0.171"
+
+	if ! command -v "$ABIDIFF" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		eprintf "error - abidiff not found!\n"
+		eprintf "Please install abigail-tools version %s or greater\n" "$abidiff_min_version"
+		eprintf "See: https://sourceware.org/libabigail/manual/libabigail-overview.html\n"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	local -r abidiff_version="$("$ABIDIFF" --version | cut -d ' ' -f 2)"
+	if ! min_version_is_satisfied "$abidiff_min_version" "$abidiff_version"; then
+		eprintf "error - abidiff version too old: %s\n" "$abidiff_version"
+		eprintf "Please install abigail-tools version %s or greater\n" "$abidiff_min_version"
+		eprintf "See: https://sourceware.org/libabigail/manual/libabigail-overview.html\n"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	if ! command -v "$CC" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		eprintf 'error - %s not found\n' "$CC"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	if "$CC" --version | grep -q clang; then
+		local -r libdw_version="$(ldconfig -v 2>/dev/null | grep -v SKIPPED | grep -m 1 -o 'libdw-[0-9]\+.[0-9]\+' | cut -c 7-)"
+		if ! min_version_is_satisfied "$libdw_min_version_if_clang" "$libdw_version"; then
+			eprintf "error - libdw version too old for use with clang: %s\n" "$libdw_version"
+			eprintf "Please install libdw from elfutils version %s or greater\n" "$libdw_min_version_if_clang"
+			eprintf "See: https://sourceware.org/elfutils/\n"
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [ ! -d "arch/${ARCH}" ]; then
+		eprintf 'error - ARCH "%s" is not a subdirectory under arch/\n' "$ARCH"
+		eprintf "Please set ARCH to one of:\n%s\n" "$(find arch -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -printf '%f ' | fmt)"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		eprintf "error - this script requires the kernel tree to be initialized with Git\n"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	if ! git rev-parse --verify "$past_ref" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		printf 'error - invalid git reference "%s"\n' "$past_ref"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	if [ -n "$base_ref" ]; then
+		if ! git merge-base --is-ancestor "$past_ref" "$base_ref" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+			printf 'error - "%s" is not an ancestor of base ref "%s"\n' "$past_ref" "$base_ref"
+			return 1
+		fi
+		if [ "$(git rev-parse "$base_ref")" = "$(git rev-parse "$past_ref")" ]; then
+			printf 'error - "%s" and "%s" are the same reference\n' "$past_ref" "$base_ref"
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+run() {
+	local base_ref="$1"
+	local past_ref="$2"
+	local abi_error_log="$3"
+	shift 3
+
+	if [ -z "$KERNEL_SRC" ]; then
+		KERNEL_SRC="$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/..)"
+	fi
+
+	cd "$KERNEL_SRC"
+
+	if [ -z "$base_ref" ] && ! tree_is_dirty; then
+		base_ref=HEAD
+	fi
+
+	if [ -z "$past_ref" ]; then
+		if [ -n "$base_ref" ]; then
+			past_ref="${base_ref}^1"
+		else
+			past_ref=HEAD
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if ! check_deps; then
+		exit "$FAIL_PREREQ"
+	fi
+
+	TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+	readonly TMP_DIR
+	trap 'exit_handler' EXIT
+
+	readonly INCOMPAT_LIST="${TMP_DIR}/incompat_list.txt"
+	touch "$INCOMPAT_LIST"
+
+	# Run make install_headers for both refs
+	install_headers "$base_ref" "$past_ref"
+
+	# Check for any differences in the installed header trees
+	if diff -r -q "$(get_header_tree "$base_ref")" "$(get_header_tree "$past_ref")" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		printf "No changes to UAPI headers were applied between %s and %s\n" "$past_ref" "${base_ref:-dirty tree}"
+		exit "$SUCCESS"
+	fi
+
+	if ! check_uapi_files "$base_ref" "$past_ref"; then
+		eprintf "error - UAPI header ABI check failed\n"
+		if [ -n "$abi_error_log" ]; then
+			{
+				printf 'Generated by "%s %s" from git ref %s\n\n' "$0" "$*" "$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+				find "$TMP_DIR" -type f -name '*.error' -exec cat {} +
+			} > "$abi_error_log"
+			eprintf "Failure summary saved to %s\n" "$abi_error_log"
+		fi
+		exit "$FAIL_ABI"
+	fi
+}
+
+main() {
+	MAX_THREADS=$(nproc)
+	VERBOSE="false"
+	local base_ref=""
+	local quiet="false"
+	while getopts "hb:p:mj:l:qv" opt; do
+		case $opt in
+		h)
+			print_usage
+			exit "$SUCCESS"
+			;;
+		b)
+			base_ref="$OPTARG"
+			;;
+		p)
+			past_ref="$OPTARG"
+			;;
+		j)
+			MAX_THREADS="$OPTARG"
+			;;
+		l)
+			abi_error_log="$OPTARG"
+			;;
+		q)
+			quiet="true"
+			;;
+		v)
+			VERBOSE="true"
+			;;
+		*)
+			exit "$FAIL_PREREQ"
+		esac
+	done
+
+
+	if [ "$quiet" = "true" ]; then
+		run "$base_ref" "$past_ref" "$abi_error_log" "$@" > /dev/null
+	else
+		run "$base_ref" "$past_ref" "$abi_error_log" "$@"
+	fi
+}
+
+main "$@"